ADN Op-Ed by Scott Jepson (NGP Photo).  ...high taxes on North Slope oil production, in particular the tax increases passed by the Legislature in 2007 under a bill called ACES, are hurting the investment climate on the North Slope and ultimately the long-term health of Alaska's economy. Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Growing competition from oilfields as far away as Colombia and Brazil make it increasingly critical that Canada gain access to new markets for its oil, says a Scotiabank report released Monday. Alaska Dispatch by Tony Hopfinger and Scott [...]

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.   The Montney resource play that has sparked several recent takeover bids is the driver behind a $258-million all-stock bid by Tourmaline Oil Corp. for private Huron Energy Corp.     Alaska House of Representatives Natural Resources Press Office: Obama Administration American Energy Roadblocks Part 2: Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal Lands            Our friend, Brad Keithley (NGP Photo) alerts readers of his blog: In addition to the 59 legislative races that have been — and will continue to be — widely discussed between now and election day, [...]

ADN OP-Ed by Vince Beltrami (NGP Photo).  In last week's ADN Paul Jenkins said this: "A union front, the Putting Alaskans First Committee, is dedicated to saving the state Senate Bipartisan Working Group and Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share oil tax (ACES) -- even at the expense of Alaska's future."  Jenkins got the first part right, but he whiffed on the back end.  

As the Alaska LNG project discussion continues, please note our new 'media' link in the right hand column: Jim Jenson (LNG), a valuable research source on this subjects.  -dh Yakutia Airlines announces that its 2013 summer Alaska-Russian Far East service will operate from Anchorage to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Khabarovsk. Oil & Gas Journal (i.e. full. article) by Alaska Economist Roger Marks (NGPPhoto).   Comment: When Steve Forbes visited Alaska recently, he said, "...the State has the worst energy tax structure in the world -- except for North Korea.  "With a sustainable tax structure," he said, "you [...]

Here are the latest Alaska natural resource messages from a natural resource organization including 400 employers of over 35k Alaskans    Dan Fagan (NGP Photo) has asked your publisher to be on his show this morning at 7 a.m. Alaska time with co-host Elizabeth Giordano.  For those interested, we'll try to find a podcast to post later.  -dh   See our earlier commentary regarding the Alaska Northern Waters Task Force:  Now for our current update and opinion:  Alaska's legislature appears to overreach its constitutional authority by establishing an entity, under its own aegis, [...]